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New book says the government, not aliens, were behind Dulce cattle mutilations and UFO sightings

By Leigh Black Irvin

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Posted:
10/18/2013 07:11:48 AM MDT

FARMINGTON >> For decades, strange lights in the night sky and mysterious cattle mutilations have led to rumors of a secret underground alien base near the small northern New Mexico town of Dulce, New Mexico, which is tribal headquarters of the Jicarilla Apache Nation.

A new book entitled "Dulce Base, The Truth and Evidence from the Case Files of Gabe Valdez," purports to solve the mystery, and claims that humans, not aliens, are behind the strange happenings. The author is Greg Valdez, son of former New Mexico State Police officer Gabe Valdez.

"In 1976, ranchers found lots of mutilated cows, and my father became one of the lead investigators into the mutilations," says Greg Valdez.

Greg says his father began a decades-long investigation into a large number of the mutilations that occurred in northern New Mexico, and prior to his death in 2011, Gabe determined that the mutilations and strange aircraft were, in fact, human-caused.

Gabe's investigation included pouring over recently declassified documents, and he concluded that, while there was no evidence that aliens were behind the mutilations, the Jicarilla Apache Nation was being used by the government to test environmental contamination caused by nuclear testing in the late 1960's.

Greg says this contamination was caused by an experiment known as "Project Gasbuggy" that took place 21 miles southwest of Dulce on December 10, 1967.

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Gasbuggy's goal was to identify peaceful uses for nuclear explosions, and involved the detonation of a 29-kiloton device located 4,227 feet underground. The intent was to release pockets of natural gas that could be used commercially.

Gasbuggy was carried out by the United States Atomic Energy Commission, the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and the El Paso Natural Gas Company.

While the device was successfully detonated and gas wells were drilled at the site, the gas ended up being too radioactive for commercial use.

Greg said his father found out that the cattle mutilations were being conducted by the U.S. government in order to determine the effect of radiation resulting from Gasbuggy.

"They were testing the cattle to avoid panicking the public," he said. "They were also testing advanced aircraft from a nearby off-site air base. The aircraft was invisible and silent, and used optic camouflage. The technology has since been declassified."

Valdez alleges that several government agencies and military entities such as the U.S. Air Force were heavily involved in this cover-up, and the CIA and NSA also became involved when Albuquerque businessman Paul Bennewitz discovered evidence of secret military projects occurring on Kirtland Air Force Base, which also had ties to Dulce.

In order to protect the secrecy of their operations, Gabe learned that the government started a disinformation campaign and was encouraging rumors about UFOs and aliens being involved to deflect attention. By 1979, when the government realized Valdez had discovered the truth about who was behind the strange happenings, they began monitoring him; the family found hidden listening devices in their home.

Aztec resident Brooks Marshall is a UFO enthusiast and local paranormal expert. Marshall has followed reports of the supposed Dulce underground base for years, and has attended many symposiums and lectures focusing on the issue.

Marshall believes there is truth to a secret military presence centered around Dulce, but doesn't think government involvement comes close to explaining the cattle mutilations.

"From early on, the mutilations indicated a technology that we just didn't have," he said. "There was a complete absence of blood, and the incisions looked like microsurgery and laser technology had been used - technology humans didn't have at the time. Plus, there were no tracks, and other animals - even predators - would avoid the carcasses, which also looked like they had been dropped from a very high distance. Many of the bones would be broken."

Marshall said specific organs, like the tongue and reproductive organs, were removed from the cattle. The mutilations are still periodically occurring, and retain their same mystery, he said.

From all of his research, Marshall concludes that there are two pieces to the Dulce mystery, one being the cattle mutilations, which he says remain unexplainable, and the government activity.

"It's my opinion that there was an extremely large underground military base; there's evidence that there was strong military activity there. One theory is that this base housed aliens," he said.

Marshall used to work for El Paso Natural Gas, and is very familiar with the Gasbuggy project as he worked with employees who were directly involved with it. While he does believe there have been some disinformation campaigns conducted by the military to deflect attention away from a possible underground base, he doesn't find credence in the theory that the cattle mutilations were the result of government tests for radioactive affects.

"It doesn't make sense that the government would test cattle in that way," he said. "All they'd have to do to test radiation levels is to walk up to the cow with a Geiger counter."

Leigh Black Irvin can be reached at 505-564-4610.

To learn more:

"Dulce Base, The Truth and Evidence from the Case Files of Gabe Valdez," by author Greg Valdez, is available for purchase at dulcebasebook.com, ibookstore, and Amazon.com. Evidence from the investigation is available for free viewing at dulcebasebook.com.